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Some critics have alleged the NEA puts the interests of teachers ahead of students.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moe |first1=Terry |title=A Union by Any Other Name |url=https://www.educationnext.org/a-union-by-any-other-name/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |journal=Education Next |volume=1 |issue=3 |date=July 19, 2006}} <!-- publisher=Hoover Institution |url=http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3384186.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312061721/http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3384186.html --></ref> The NEA has often opposed measures such as [[merit pay]], [[school voucher]]s, weakening of teacher [[academic tenure|tenure]], certain curricular changes, the [[No Child Left Behind Act]], and other reforms that make it easier for school districts to use disciplinary action against teachers. In July 2019, the NEA voted down a resolution that would have "re-dedicate[d] itself to the pursuit of increased student learning in every public school in America by putting a renewed emphasis on quality education".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ra.nea.org/business-item/2019-nbi-002/ |title=New Business Item 2 - 2019 NEA Annual Meeting |access-date=October 10, 2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref> | Some critics have alleged the NEA puts the interests of teachers ahead of students.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moe |first1=Terry |title=A Union by Any Other Name |url=https://www.educationnext.org/a-union-by-any-other-name/ |access-date=May 17, 2022 |journal=Education Next |volume=1 |issue=3 |date=July 19, 2006}} <!-- publisher=Hoover Institution |url=http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3384186.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090312061721/http://www.hoover.org/publications/ednext/3384186.html --></ref> The NEA has often opposed measures such as [[merit pay]], [[school voucher]]s, weakening of teacher [[academic tenure|tenure]], certain curricular changes, the [[No Child Left Behind Act]], and other reforms that make it easier for school districts to use disciplinary action against teachers. In July 2019, the NEA voted down a resolution that would have "re-dedicate[d] itself to the pursuit of increased student learning in every public school in America by putting a renewed emphasis on quality education".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ra.nea.org/business-item/2019-nbi-002/ |title=New Business Item 2 - 2019 NEA Annual Meeting |access-date=October 10, 2019 |author=<!--Not stated--> }}</ref> | ||
With the modern scrutiny placed on teacher misconduct, particularly regarding sexual abuse, the NEA has been criticized for its alleged failure to crack down on abusive teachers. From an | With the modern scrutiny placed on teacher misconduct, particularly regarding sexual abuse, the NEA has been criticized for its alleged failure to crack down on abusive teachers. From an Associated Press investigation, former NEA President Reg Weaver commented, "Students must be protected from sexual predators and abuse, and teachers must be protected from false accusations". He then refused to be interviewed.<ref name=autogenerated7>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-10-20-teachermisconduct_N.htm |work=USA Today |title=Thousands of teachers cited for sex misconduct |date=October 20, 2007 |access-date=May 19, 2010 |first1=Martha |last1=Irvine |first2=Robert |last2=Tanner}}</ref> The Associated Press reported that much of the resistance to report the problem comes from "where fellow teachers look away", and "school administrators make behind-the-scenes deals".<ref name=autogenerated7 /> | ||
Inclusion of the "NEA Ex-Gay Caucus" at a convention in 2006 sparked controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070106teachers.htm|title=Gays, Ex-Gays Square Off At NEA Convention|publisher=365gay.com|date=July 2, 2006|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605214550/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070106teachers.htm|archive-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/february2005/desmond.htm |title=(In)Tolerance Education | access-date=December 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219224157/http://www.crisismagazine.com/february2005/desmond.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2006 |publisher=Crisis Magazine }}</ref> Some critics believe the NEA promotes a [[homosexual agenda|gay rights agenda]], especially since the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] 2005 case ''Fields v. Palmdale School District''. The case originated when some California elementary school students were administered a school survey containing sexual questions. Parents, who had not been told the survey would contain questions of a sexual nature, brought the case forward.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Davis|first1=Elliott M.|title=Unjustly Usupring the Parental Right: Fields v. Palmdale School District, 427 F.3d 1197 (9th Cir. 2005)|journal=Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy|volume=29 |url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Davis.pdf|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> The court in that case initially ruled that parents' fundamental right to control the upbringing of their children "does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door", which upon petition for rehearing was struck and clarified to "does not entitle individual parents to enjoin school boards from providing information the boards determine to be appropriate in connection with the performance of their educational functions",<ref name=Rehearing>{{Cite web|url=https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/447/447.F3d.1187.03-56499.html|title=447 F.3d 1187|website=law.resource.org|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> and that a public school has the right to provide its students with "whatever information it wishes to provide, sexual or otherwise".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Russo|first1=Charles J.|title=International Perspectives on Education, Religion and Law|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-01990-7|page=32}}</ref> NEA states that it does not "encourage schools to teach students to become gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT)", but the NEA does believe that "schools should be safe for all students and advocates that schools should raise awareness of homophobia and intervene when LGBT students are harassed".<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nea.org/topics/truth.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714044312/http://www.nea.org/topics/truth.html|url-status=dead|title=NEA: A Response to Critics|archivedate=July 14, 2007|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> | Inclusion of the "NEA Ex-Gay Caucus" at a convention in 2006 sparked controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070106teachers.htm|title=Gays, Ex-Gays Square Off At NEA Convention|publisher=365gay.com|date=July 2, 2006|access-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605214550/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/07/070106teachers.htm|archive-date=June 5, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.crisismagazine.com/february2005/desmond.htm |title=(In)Tolerance Education | access-date=December 19, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219224157/http://www.crisismagazine.com/february2005/desmond.htm |archive-date=December 19, 2006 |publisher=Crisis Magazine }}</ref> Some critics believe the NEA promotes a [[homosexual agenda|gay rights agenda]], especially since the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals]] 2005 case ''Fields v. Palmdale School District''. The case originated when some California elementary school students were administered a school survey containing sexual questions. Parents, who had not been told the survey would contain questions of a sexual nature, brought the case forward.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Davis|first1=Elliott M.|title=Unjustly Usupring the Parental Right: Fields v. Palmdale School District, 427 F.3d 1197 (9th Cir. 2005)|journal=Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy|volume=29 |url=http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol29_No3_Davis.pdf|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> The court in that case initially ruled that parents' fundamental right to control the upbringing of their children "does not extend beyond the threshold of the school door", which upon petition for rehearing was struck and clarified to "does not entitle individual parents to enjoin school boards from providing information the boards determine to be appropriate in connection with the performance of their educational functions",<ref name=Rehearing>{{Cite web|url=https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/447/447.F3d.1187.03-56499.html|title=447 F.3d 1187|website=law.resource.org|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> and that a public school has the right to provide its students with "whatever information it wishes to provide, sexual or otherwise".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Russo|first1=Charles J.|title=International Perspectives on Education, Religion and Law|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-01990-7|page=32}}</ref> NEA states that it does not "encourage schools to teach students to become gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered (LGBT)", but the NEA does believe that "schools should be safe for all students and advocates that schools should raise awareness of homophobia and intervene when LGBT students are harassed".<ref name=autogenerated2>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nea.org/topics/truth.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714044312/http://www.nea.org/topics/truth.html|url-status=dead|title=NEA: A Response to Critics|archivedate=July 14, 2007|accessdate=February 27, 2021}}</ref> | ||